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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: UCITS

Article L214-2

UCITS are undertakings for collective investment authorised in accordance with Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter V: Consolidated and combined financial statements

Article L345-2

Subject to the application of the provisions of the first two paragraphs of Article L. 233-17 of the Commercial Code , except in cases where the undertakings listed below are controlled by a société d…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Information exchange

Article L413-2

Article L. 8271-4 of the Labour Code governs the transmission by the control agents mentioned in article L. 8271-1-2 of the same code to the agents of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animé…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Penalty procedure

Article L423-2

The members of the Commission du Contrôle de la Réglementation are bound by professional secrecy with regard to any facts, acts or information that may have come to their knowledge by virtue of their…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Penalty procedure

Article R423-2

…eration, or in which he holds or has held a mandate or interest of any kind during the same period; 2° A company that he himself, or a legal entity within which he has held a position or office during…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter: On-call duty

Article L421-2

…Article L. 131-2, the amount of the astreinte once liquida…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter III: Disposal of movable property

Article L433-2

On expiry of the time limit, any assets that may be sold shall be put up for sale by public auction. Property that cannot be sold is deemed to have been abandoned.The proceeds of the sale are paid to…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title V: PENALTIES

Article L452-2

…he Penal Code, either from holding a public office or from exercising the professional or social activity in the exercise or on the occasion of the exercise of which the offence was committed, or from…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Offences relating to regulated markets

Article L462-2

Article L. 245-2 of the French Commercial Code sets out the penalties for advertising subscriptions to securities.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions

Article R514-2

Where a time limit is expressed in days, the day of the act, event, decision or notification that causes the time limit to run shall not count.Where a time limit is expressed in months or years, the t…

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